Ivan Shapovalov
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Ivan Nikolayevich Shapovalov (Cyrillic: Иван Николаевич Шаповалов) is a musical producer based in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. He is best known for being the founder and former executive producer/manager for t.A.T.u.
T.A.T.u.
t.A.T.u. was a duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consisted of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova.Their debut single "Ya Soshla S Uma" was released in December 2000. The single had a huge success in Russia and Eastern Europe...


Early life and career

Shapovalov was born on May 28, 1966 in Kotovo, Volgograd Oblast, Russian SFSR. He was born to an artist father, Nikolay Aleksandrovich and physics teacher mother Nadezhda Richardovna. He was inspired by his mother to attend a physics school.

In 1988, Shapovalov graduated from Saratov Medical Institute, for Child psychology. In Balakovo
Balakovo
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, he opened a private practice. From 1992 - 1999 he was a marketing director and advertising director. He created many commercials in Russia. During this time, he met Alexander Voitinskyi. During this time he also created a commercial for the computer company R&K, co-founded by Boris Renski, whom he soon became friends with as well. He has also been part of a winning campaign team for a Russian senator.

Production career

In 1999, Shapovalov with Voitinskyi, Sergio Galoyan
Sergio Galoyan
Sergey Galoyan is an ASCAP/PRS Award–winning songwriter/producer and DJ, born in Moscow. He is more commonly known as Sergio Galoyan and is of Armenian descent....

, Renski and then-lover Elena Kiper
Elena Kiper
Elena Vladimirovna Kiper is a Russian singer/songwriter/producer who also goes by the nickname of Lena. She is the former co-manager of Russian duet t.A.T.u. and wrote lyrics for 2 successful hits for the group.-The years with t.A.T.u.:Kiper was a producer and songwriter for the Russian group...

, created t.A.T.u.
T.A.T.u.
t.A.T.u. was a duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consisted of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova.Their debut single "Ya Soshla S Uma" was released in December 2000. The single had a huge success in Russia and Eastern Europe...

, where most of Shapovalov's success would come from. During the project, Shapovalov eventually had a falling out with both Voitinskyi and Kiper. Ivan led the girls to stardom as their producer, with a controversial image, and producer of the production company Neformat, which he and Renski formed.

In 2003, Shapovalov formed the project Podnebesnaya
Podnebesnaya
Podnebesnaya was a musical production company organized by producer Ivan Shapovalov. The project for Podnebensaya, with the same title, began in 2003 in Moscow, Russia. The main purpose of the production was to produce t.A.T.u.'s second studio album, however after a falling-out with Ivan, such...

to develop his producing skills. He ended up working with many artists, and becoming the producer of 7B
7B (band)
7B is a Russian rock group based out of Moscow. They are produced by Ivan Shapovalov, and have released three albums. The group's lead singer is Ivan Demyan, who cowrote the song t.A.T.u...

 and n.A.T.o.
N.A.T.o. (singer)
n.A.T.o. is the stage name of Natalya Shevlyakova , a Russian singer of Russian and Georgian origin. She is known for dressing in traditional Arab style, with a veil or hijab, and singing in the Tajik, Persian and Uzbek languages. Her concert performances started in 2004 in Moscow, on the...

. Ivan is also friends with the TEMA
TEMA (group)
- The Beginning of TEMA :TEMA was created by Maugly Jr. , a former rapper turned music producer in May 2004...

 girls, and has been cited on being their producer, however, he is not.

However, in 2004, t.A.T.u. decided to break off from Shapovalov (and Neformat) and continue alone. t.A.T.u. was soon re-signed to Universal Music, appointing Boris Renski as their head producer.

Late August 2006, Ivan Shapovalov released a song titled "Я не людоед" (Ya Ne Lyudoed; I'm Not a Cannibal), featuring his friend, and Podnebesnaya
Podnebesnaya
Podnebesnaya was a musical production company organized by producer Ivan Shapovalov. The project for Podnebensaya, with the same title, began in 2003 in Moscow, Russia. The main purpose of the production was to produce t.A.T.u.'s second studio album, however after a falling-out with Ivan, such...

 co-star, Helya.

He is a co-owner of the commercial mp3 download site Mp3search.ru.

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